Inkstand



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JAMES R. ENDER, OF TRENTON, LOIJ'ISIANA..`

INKSTAND.

y p i Specification of Letters Patent No. 26,661,` dated January `3, `1860. l

To all whom it may concern: v case C, and when the two `parts b, b, of the Be it known that I, JAMES R. ENDER, of cone are closed an effectual stopperlforthe i Trenton, in the parish of Ouachita and inkstand is obtained. y 1 `150 State of Louisiana, have invented a new and The interior of the cone C, is not like its"` 1 5 useful Improvement in Inkstands; and I do extension of a simple cone-form, but "is 0f hereby declare that the `following is a full,` double conical form, the upper and `larger i clear, and exact description of the same, refportion e, being the frustum of a shorter`and t u E erence being had to the annexed drawings, quicker cone than the lower and smaller 55 `L making a part of this specification, `in portion f, as shown clearly in Fig. 1. This .3 i whichy diversity in the dimensions of the two por-11` n l Figure 1, is a vertical central section of tions e, f, of the interior Of the C0119 PI'OUCES an inkstand with my invention applied to it. a shoulder' g, which serves as `a bearingfsur-` *ik F ig. 2, is a detached inverted plan of the face for the body of the pen, WhCll 35th@ 60 same. nib and lowertaper portion of the `pen Similar letters of reference indicate correis passed into the inkstand to be charged spending parts in the two figures. with ink presses against `the shoulder g, The object of this invention is to obtain a and distends the two parts b, ib, sol that 1:1 self-closing stopper, one that will admit of the points or lower ends `of the cone 165 the pen being passed into the inkstand withwill be kept `free from the `nib as the latter Si out any obstruction and close as the pen is passes between them y andfis `dipped into Withdrawn, without robbing the same of the the ink. For the same reason the `pen when n ink. charged with ink has its nib and lower` part y The invention consists in the employment kept free from the points or lower endsof" 70 or use of a hollow cone formed of two equal the parts 6,7), of the coneas the pen is withlongitudinal parts attached in an inverted drawn from the inkstand, the springs d, 0l, l position by hinges or joints to the under closing the partsb, b, whenthe pen isiullyj` side or a cap which screws into the top of withdrawn. l i y the inkstand, each part of the cone having a This invention may beiconstructed at` a 75 spring bearing against it, substantially as trifling cost and is a great acquisitiontolan.` hereinafter described. inkstand, the ink beinglkeptfree from dust To enable those skilled in the art to fully and prevented from evaporating a-ndat` the ljl understand and construct my invention I same time the troubleiwhenfthe inkstand` will proceed to describe it. is used of inserting and drawingfa stopper `80 A, represents an inkstand which maybe obviated. i i of any desired form and B, is a cap which Having thus described `my inventionwhat screws into its upper end. `This cap has a I claim as 'new anddesireto secure byLet-,l c circular opening c, at its center, andto the ters Patent, isi l under side of the cap a hollowcone C, is at- The hollow inverted Icone C, `formed of 85 tache'd in an inverted position. This cone two longitudinalparts 79,6, `connected to the;` 40 C, is formed of two equal longitudinal parts cap B, by joints c, c, `and actedupon by the b, b, the larger ends of which are each consprings d, d, substantially as andfor tlieQi n nelzted by a hinge r joint c, to the under purpose set forth. l i i si eo the plate. sprin@V d,bears`a ainst y y Y each part Z), of the'hollow tozone, said srings y i having a tendency to keep the two partsto- Witnesses:

gether. The opening a, in the cap B, is co- ROBERT J. CALDWELL, centric with the base or larger end of the W. H. GAYLE. 

